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Bill: Anti-Paramilitary Enforcement Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social-Liberal Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: October 2085
Description[?]:
| The Parliament of the Beluzian Republic, realising the need to prevent attacks by paramilitary organisations as they are being disarmed; Empowers the police to be armed to deal with to deal with paramilitary organisations for a period of ten (10) years until the threat has subsided, and resolves to reverse the extra powers granted to the police after this period. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers carry standard firearms.
Current: Police officers may only carry non-lethal weapons apart from specially trained firearms units.
Proposed: Police officers carry military-grade equipment.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:18:56, July 23, 2005 CET | From | Free Beluzians | To | Debating the Anti-Paramilitary Enforcement Act |
| Message | OOC: DAMNIT! THis was my first bill! ;_; IC: This being a particular issue with us, the Free Beluzian Party supports this bill. |
| Date | 18:54:24, July 23, 2005 CET | From | Neo-Marxist revolutionary Party | To | Debating the Anti-Paramilitary Enforcement Act |
| Message | We cannot support this bill. See reasons given in the FBP bill. |
| Date | 15:21:52, July 24, 2005 CET | From | Partisans And Artisans League | To | Debating the Anti-Paramilitary Enforcement Act |
| Message | I think there is no threat posed by the PYS, and the cetain members of government are fear-mongering. |
| Date | 17:57:08, July 24, 2005 CET | From | Catholic Workers Movement | To | Debating the Anti-Paramilitary Enforcement Act |
| Message | Fear-mongering for political advantage, in fact. The Catholic Workers will oppose this attempt to militarize our police forces. |
| Date | 21:58:23, July 24, 2005 CET | From | Social-Liberal Party | To | Debating the Anti-Paramilitary Enforcement Act |
| Message | We shall bring this to vote, so that the record may state which parties were soft on terror. I hope, sincerely, that the lack of araments for our police forces will not backfire if the PYS decides to strike. |
| Date | 16:43:02, July 25, 2005 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Anti-Paramilitary Enforcement Act |
| Message | Thank God the majority of Beluzias police and military are rigorous PPP supporters! |
| Date | 16:44:59, July 25, 2005 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Anti-Paramilitary Enforcement Act |
| Message | Worry not, we have long armed and protected the patriots amongs Beluzia's police force. Arms for the communist betrayer and his foriegn master is another subject entirely! |
| Date | 07:32:10, July 26, 2005 CET | From | Free Beluzians | To | Debating the Anti-Paramilitary Enforcement Act |
| Message | Sorry, SLP- I woulda voted but I had problems.... +_+ |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 53 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 218 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 29 |
| Random fact: Once approved, players should copy Cultural Protocols into a bill in the debate section of their nation page, under the title of "OOC: Cultural Protocols". This bill should include links to the passed Cultural Protocol bill and the Moderation approval. |
| Random quote: "Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H. L. Mencken |